Without A Tell-Tale Target, Cardinals Open GM Meetings Open 'Options,' Still Talking Marcell Ozuna, Adam Wainwright

In several recent offseasons the Cardinals have started with a clear, obvious opening as their north star and wandered through conversations with other teams and agents to find their man. They sought a shortstop one year, a right fielder another year, a center fielder later, a middle-order hitter one winter, and a middle-order hitter the next, too. This year is less linear, more side roads than thoroughfares, with no glaring opening they see to guide them.

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